A tragedy of non-timber forest resources in the mountain commons of Nepal

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Pandit, Bishnu Hari ^a   Thapa, Gopal B ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Common property resource; Forest management; Forest user groups; Nepal; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); NTFP collection systems; NTFP depletion

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES (CPR);

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; NEPAL;

NEPAL;

EID: 0141867899     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000286     Document Type: Article

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